Laura Mitchell

Visa mill- the paper your diploma was printed on is worth more than the degree

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

Day 1 CPT is an unofficial term but it refers to a Business model that some new or failing “schools” have adopted in order to make a whole lot of money. These programs require very little academic rigor or attendance, if any at all, and solely exist as a work visa alternative.

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

@Mkollxue0 @aidanh010 @YohnnathonSmith @EndVisaScams They are online diploma mills with 100% acceptance rates. They only exist to allow F-1 students to work, no genuine students would ever attend this program since the degree is quite literally worthless. https://t.co/sogOADx3Zl

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

@EndVisaScams @szethsonvallano Exactly. People really don’t understand how fake these degrees are. I worked at one of these schools and you literally study online and post a discussion post once a week and that’s a full degree. Totally worthless, these schools should be shut down

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

@szethsonvallano @EndVisaScams Because these Day1cpt programs are fake degrees. They are not “working their ass off”, you literally just pay for a fake degree that gives you an I-20 and allows you to work. If they did a real PhD, that would be way more impressive

[Becky @WeaponAutism]

If the admin were serious, they’d zero in on the visa hopping.

[Chillmode @ChillMode2345]

Day1CPT has been the biggest scam for the last 15-20 years, allowing foreign F1 students to stay back and keep working full-time and keep strying H1B lottery or find cap-exempt, no-lottery sponsor (universities/colleges/schools), while doing online 2nd/3rd Masters and so-called PhDs degrees.

@EDSecMcMahon, please shut down this Day1CPT loophole!

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

Day 1 CPT student arrested and charged with DWI. Still studying and working full time and the biggest concern is can she still continue to work after this. Unbelievable #day1cpt

[Hany Girgis @SanDiegoKnight]

🚨 THINK H-1B REFORM IS JUST A MAGA REPUBLICAN ISSUE?

LISTEN TO BERNIE SANDERS.

One of the most progressive voices in Congress has been warning about corporations using foreign labor programs to undercut American workers for years.

And he’s not alone.

Bernie Sanders, Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Chuck Grassley backed bipartisan legislation to reform H-1B and L-1 visas.

Now Democrats have won BOTH chambers of Congress.

Here’s the question:

Will Democrats bring these reforms to a vote when they take control in January?

Or will protecting American workers suddenly become a partisan issue?

🇺🇸 PUT THE BILLS TO A VOTE.

https://t.co/CqhQYj9HRY

[ScamBusters @EndVisaScams]

H1B fraudsters continue to show us why they aren't compatible with a high trust society.

Mr. I Game the System is laid off from job, instead of returning back, he wants to get a SECOND masters degree just to stay in the US.

Discusses workarounds with Day 1 CPT amid a host of all the other intended scams. @USDOL @USCIS

[ScamBusters @EndVisaScams]

There isn't a single one that doesn't try to game the system.

Advertises Day 1 CPT schools so you can remain in the US, and admits to visa violations on camera. Says she was getting "bored at staying home" on H4 so she switched to F1 to find a loophole with Day 1 CPT. Encourages others to do the same.

Also tells H1Bs who have been laid off to also switch to Day 1 CPT on F1 instead of having to leave the country.

@USCIS @DHSgov @JDVance will you finally do something about this or continue to do nothing?

Luckily for you, she boasts about a "three step guide" that shows "exactly what I (she) did" so we're literally making your jobs easier.

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

@burtlebees @RepRileyMoore Caring about pronouns but not about the spelling of basic words is freaking wild. Does he even have a high school education?

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

@RepRileyMoore If you’re gonna live in the US, learn to speak English!! It’s corporate not cooperate

[Luke Eure @LukeEure]

This week I’m going on record with three areas where I would restrict immigration

1. Shut down sham Day-1 CPT
2. Block concurrent H-1B’s loopholes
3. Track overstays and enforce departure

https://t.co/VuSGSetMMe

[查百万 @chakmillion]

很多在美国读完硕士、OPT期满却连续几次没抽中H-1B工作签证的留学生，为了不离开美国继续在公司上班赚钱，会听信黑中介忽悠去办所谓的“Day 1 CPT挂靠学校”：交一万多美金学费注册一所主打CPT的大学，一学期只去上几个周末的课，平时照样在公司全职打工。

这可能是在美留子给自己未来的绿卡埋下的最毒一颗定时炸弹！

美国移民局（USCIS）对CPT的规定其实很明确：必须是真实的课程实习，与所学专业直接相关！虽然Day 1 CPT本身合法，但如果你只是花钱挂靠学校、靠一张I-20维持表面上的F-1身份，等过两年终于抽中H-1B准备转换身份，或者递交I-485申请绿卡时，移民官就可能直接甩来一封厚厚的RFE（补件质询信）

要求你拿出过去两年的真实出勤记录、学费收据、课程成绩单、实习协议、CPT授权文件，以及证明工作与所学专业直接相关的材料，必要时甚至还要解释你每周跨州上课的交通住宿情况！一旦查出你根本没认真上课，所谓CPT只是为了非法全职打工，H-1B境内转换身份可能直接被拒，连后续绿卡申请都可能受牵连！
辛辛苦苦在美国熬了几年，结果最后毁在了当初花钱买来的那张I-20上。

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

@chakmillion Most likely Trine University and Westcliff University are the next scams. There’s no way they are real schools

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

@iaproject @ICEgov @AAUniversities @NAFSA @AICUM Fun fact- Harrisburg University still does day 1 CPT despite the new “rules” from SEVP. https://t.co/eFBxc3h3kb

[Immigration Accountability Project Action @iaproject]

In August, @ICEgov simply warned universities about abuse of Curricular Practical Training (CPT), and weeks later, @AAUniversities, @NAFSA, and @AICUM panicked and sued to stop it. Why?

Bloomberg exposed this in 2024: "Schools Make Millions Offering Degrees That Double as Work Visas"

"They were just there to buy more time. No one was there to get a degree."

That’s how a student described attending a Day 1 CPT program.

Colleges pocket tens of millions in tuition. Foreign nationals get shadow work permits. American workers get displaced. The CPT racket needs to end.

https://t.co/U8pLsbV731

[Chillmode @ChillMode2345]

@SanDiegoKnight @grok @IndianGadgetGuy @ButDidYouD @grok, review posts from social media and explain how F1 foreign student with D/S are doing multiple masters with Day 1 CPT online masters degrees to stay here forever till they get H1B/O1/I-140 etc. Sample below and use this link. https://t.co/OTEsReH8ip

[but did you die? @ButDidYouD]

@ChillMode2345 @SanDiegoKnight @grok @IndianGadgetGuy Day 1 cpt programs/schools are almost always fraud, except for a few valid cases (say an md student starting residency). This is not the typical case scenario for most intl students

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

@JamesbL @ideal_christ @GenXChristine @grok So freaking funny bc Bloomberg prioritizes Day1cpt and OPT employees. Everyone is so corrupt

[Laura Mitchell @_laur15613]

Day 1 CPT

[Rocky Tolt @RockyTolt]

@Guilherme_bc22 @Harry__Faulkner You didn’t see Indians because they didn’t actually go to the campus. They paid tuition to be able to work in Canada.

US has a similar visa called day one CPT. Indians pay to take college classes they never actually go to. Instead, they join the labor markets.